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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2005
Kazuhiko Abe, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Nakazawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Hatsuo Nagaishi, Yokohama, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
Fuel properties estimating apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes a controller to determine an estimated component concentration of a component in a fuel. The controller calculates an air-fuel correction quantity in accordance with an actual air fuel ratio of the engine; and calculates an air-fuel ratio sensitivity correction quantity from the air-fuel ratio correction quantity and a fuel properties correction quantity calculated from a most recent value of the component concentration. The controller then determines a new value of the estimated component concentration in accordance with the air-fuel ratio sensitivity correction quantity.